I find it interesting to see that alot of these moves show that most people see Strenght not that much of a pure CqC class, but mainly a mobility, fakeout, and aggro type playstyle.
I see Strength that way because it’s a pure cqc class.
Strength, as it exists now, fills the role of the highly-aggressive, close ranged archetype we in the fighting game community refer to as “rushdown”; and by the nature of all fighting games, rushdown characters require good mixup tools in order to be viable.
Chipp would not be good if he couldn’t teleport and jump around the screen and do all his wacky movement shit.
Slayer would not be good if he didn’t have Dandy Step, or a really good backda–
FUCK nvm
okay my point is from a game design perspective you can’t just give a character exclusively offensive tools otherwise they’re just completely fucked whenever they’re put even slightly on the back foot. you NEED to have some kind of tool to help you get out of pressure, or make YOUR pressure less predictable so that you can make YOUR pressure more effective–because a rushdown character’s entire focus is PRESSURE.
I agree, but alot of people see Strenght as a pure statchecking in CqC route, despite it generally being them that GET statchecked by other classes. Just like you, I rather prefer Strength being the class with the tools to simply outplay you incredibly hard in CqC to the point they can’t be statchecked there.
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I mean, if that’s how they build them, then sure. Strength already has a lot more movement tools than the other primary classes, though, so the building blocks are already there to make something more akin to a proper rushdown character. The only thing it needs is for Vetex to lean into that.
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I think blitz is a step in the right direction, because it offers alot of potential.
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I love the fact you can do this kinda stuff, although it’s sadly only for lowish pings
remind me to put something funny here when i’m willing to put in the time
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you’d be surprised what people do with his backdash 
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in strive? yeah i sure fucking would be! because as far as i can tell this backdash is STRAIGHT ASS! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! !
his backdash used to be GREAT, though.
i tried looking up other backdash frame data for comparison but he is by far the worst he does have that one move specifically made for backdash which is hard to read (especially since his whole stepdash thing is disappearing)
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mfw minus on hit
getting a move you can immediately use when backdashing is still crazy work
This is officially the worst thing I’ve ever read on forums
Even worse than the Kai x Merlot fanfic
Stormstrength: just punch/kick really hard to make big tornado that go short distance, if enemy caught they cant move only block, allies unaffected by it, user can fly in tornado while it active & can use things like crash or rushdown without using up air moves meter thingy
i want to use carinas fucking breakdance move or whatever it is
Whirlwind but with leg
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Spirit rite ability unlocked at normally around 150 investment on most spirit weapons
Description: Create a powerful and constant radius of outward howling spirit energy from your weapon as you move that disorients foes and causes parrying to become more difficult, imagine this as a damaging aura around yourself that debuffs enemies instead of enhancing your own capabilities.
This is Techniques not Rite
greek names are reserved for exclusive rites, never cook again
Empower - 300 strength
for 4 seconds after activation, the user of the technique will be outlined by their fighting style’s main color (orange-red for thermo, grayish for cfist, etc) and slowed to a walk. if the user is hit by an attack while this effect is active, they reduce the damage of the attack by 50% and activate focus (is separate from focus)
customization
style
effect
ultimate art (increases duration and mitigates the slowing effect)